Clothes hanger



Aug. 6, 1969 5L QUISLING 3,463,368

CLOTHES HANGER Filed May 8, 1968 3 Sheets-$heet 1 22 INVENTOR.

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CLOTHES fiANGER Filed May 8, 1968 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 FNVENTOR.

SVERRE QUISLING Aug. 26, 1969 5, QUISLING 3,463,368

CLOTHES HANGER Filed May 8, 1968 v 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 1 7 INVENTOR.

SVERRE QUISLING United States Patent U.S. Cl. 223-88 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A clothes hanger having a wire hooked portion with a pair of side shoulder extensions which extend through sloping shoulder flanges formed from a semi-rigid blank having a substantially vertically disposed flat body portion. The side shoulder extensions of the wire hook each have a loop portion engaging the, top of the shoulder flanges to hold them in transversely disposed relationship with respect to the body portion of the blank. The body portion has a tab and a curved slit formed therein, the bottom edge of the tab is rolled outward to form a smooth lip for hanging folded pants at the knee with the curved slit for hanging pants at the cuff ends.

This invention relates to garment hangers particularly useful for'hanging suits of clothing.

Description of the prior art Clothes hangers used particularly by clothiers selling suits and by laundries when returning garments such as suits must hold the garments Well and, yet, be inexpensive and preferably provide advertising space for the clothier or laundry.

In the past in order to provide a hanger that will support a new garment well, clothiers have found it necessary to use the well-known wooden wishbone type hanger. While these hangers support a suitcoat quite well, they do not have suflicient width along the shoulder supports to fill out the shoulder of a suit in the natural manner. Furthermore, they are relatively expensive and provide only a very limited amount of advertising space.

Laundries commonly use conventional wire hangers having apaperboard tube or similar article on the bottom thereof for hanging the suit pants. These hangers provide very poor shoulder support for the coat and ordinarily provided very little, if any, advertising space.

While clothiers and laundries usually cover the suits with a protective paper or plastic bag, which ordinarily carries the desired advertising material, these bags are discarded when the suit is hung up in the wearers closet. Thus, it is very desirable that the hangers, which remain in the individuals closet, carry the clothiers or laundrys name as a continuous reminder to the individual.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Basically, my invention is a clothes hanger made of wire and semi-rigid sheet material which is particularly useful for clothiers, laundries and the like.

The hanger is inexpensive and, yet, provides full-width support of the shoulder of a suit coat as well as ample advertising space for the clothier and laundry.

The hanger comprises a blank of semi-rigid material suspended from a wire hook portion. The blank has a substantially flat body portion with folded over sloping top flanges for supporting the shoulders of a suit coat with natural fullness. The extensions of the wire hook portion extend through the shoulder flanges and have a 3,463,368 Patented Aug. 26, 1969 ice looped portion near the ends thereof for maintaining the shoulder flanges in their transverse folded position. The bottom edge of a tab in the body of the hanger is rolled over to provide a smooth lip for hanging a pair of pants folded at the knee. A curved slit is provided in the body of the hanger to accommodate those who prefer to hang their pants from the cuff end.

Other objects, features and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein several preferred embodiments of my invention have been selected for exemplification.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of my clothes hanger.

FIGURE 2 is a front elevational view of the clothes hanger shown in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a top view of clothes hanger shown in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 4 is a rear elevational view of the clothes hanger shown in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 5 is a front elevational view of a flat blank of semi-rigid material forming part of the clothes hanger shown in FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 6 is a front elevational view of a modified form of my clothes hanger with a pair of pants hanging thereon.

FIGURE 7 is a front elevational view of another modified form of my clothes hanger with a pair of pants hanging thereon.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals refers to like parts throughout the several views, a first embodiment of my clothes hanger is generally shown at 10 in FIGURE 1. The hanger comprises a wire hook portion 11 having a pair of sloping wire extensions 12. protruding outwardly to the sides. A semi-rigid blank 13, the configuration of which is shown in its initial flat condition in FIGURE 5, is attached to the wire hook portion as best shown in FIGURES 1-4. The blank 13 may be made of a semi-rigid material such as, paperboard, plastic, and the like.

The blank 13 has a substantially flat body portion 14 and a pair of shoulder flanges 15 at the top thereof. The shoulder flanges 15 are formed by folding the semi-rigid material rearwardly along foldline 16 until the flanges are disposed at substantially right angles to the plane of the body of the blank. This provides a full width natural shoulder support for suit coats, and the like.

The semi-rigid blank 13 is supported from the wire side extensions 12 of the hook portion which extends through slits 15a in the shoulder flanges 15 and hooks around the ends of the shoulder flanges as shown by hooks 17 in FIG- URES l and 4.

As best shown in FIGURE 1, the side extensions 12 of wire hook 11 have transverse loops 18 formed adjacent the hooked ends 17 thereof. These loops which extend rearwardly away from the hinged edge of the shoulder flanges 15 engage the top of the flanges to maintain same in substantially transverse relationship with respect to the body of the blank.

The body portion 14 of the semi-rigid blank has a tab 19 formed therein. The bottom edge 20 of the tab 19 is rolled or folded backwardly out of the plane of the body of the hanger to form an opening 21 and a lip 22 for hanging a pair of pants folded at the knees.

A curved slit 23 is formed above opening 21 in the body of the hanger to facilitate the hangingof a pair of pants by the cuff end. The pants are securely held between the edges 24 and 25 forming the slit 23 in the semi-rigid material.

In the second embodiment of my invention, shown here for exemplification of FIGURE 6, the neck 26 of the wire hook 11 extends through a slot 27 in the body portion'of the semi-rigid blank to tightly secure the wire hooked portion 11 to the blank to provide a somewhat sturdier hanger.

FIGURE 7 shows a third embodiment of my invention. In this embodiment the blank 28 is merely suspended from a hooked lower end 29 on wire hook portion 30 which extends through a slot 31. This very inexpensive embodiment is somewhat less sturdy than those shown in FIGURES 1-6 and is intended primarily for relatively light-weight garments.

It is understood that the hook portion of the hanger may be made of plastic, metal, or the like. The hook portion and blank portion may be formed of a single piece of material such as plastic or the like.

I claim:

1. A clothes hanger comprising a semi-rigid blank of sheet material having a substantially fiat elongated body portion with side portions and upper and lower end portions, downwardly and outwardly opposed shoulder portions on the upper portion of and transversely of said body portion, said body portion having an elongated horizontal tab formed in the lower portion thereof, a generall'y horiZontal elongated slit of lesser horizontal extent than said tab formed in said body portion between said side portions in vertically spaced relation to said elongated tab, said s lit having upper and lower edges, said elongated tab being bent out of the plane of said body portion forming an elongated opening and a lip portion,

and means for suspending said blank, said slit adapted to receive a pair oftrousercuffs therethrough-with-the upper and lower edges thereof adapted to support trousers at the cult ends, and said opening adapted to receive a pair of trouser legs therethrough with said lip portion adapted to sup ort folded trousers thereover.

2. A clothes hanger as specified in claim 1 wherein said elongated slit is slightly curved upwardly.

3. The clothes hanger as specified in claim 1 wherein said means for suspending said blankinclude a hook, said hook having opposed sloping wire extensions, and means securing said wire extensions to said shoulder portions to maintain said shoulder portions in transverse relationship with respect to said body portion.

4. A clothes hanger as specified] in claim 3 wherein said means securing said wire extensions tosaid shoulder portions include a slit in each shoulder portion and a hook at each end of said wire extensions, said wire extensions extending through said slits with the hooks there of embracing the end extremities of said shoulder por tions. I 5. A clothes hanger as defined in claim 1 wherein said semi-rigid blank is paperboard material.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,797,364 3/1931 Porter 223-87 2,444,345 6/1948 Friedman 223-98 3,064,866 11/1962 Sage 223-87 FOREIGN PATENTS 561,260 5/1944 Great Britain.

STANLEY N. GILREATH, Primary Examiner GEORGE H. KRIZMANICH, Assistant Examiner 

